Atlanta Thrashers

The Atlanta Thrashers will try for their first three-game win streak in two months this evening when they visit the sliding Nashville Predators and Sommet Center.

With the Atlanta Thrashers clinging to a 4-3 lead over the Philadelphia Flyers in the third period, goalie Johan...

By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) I take you back to Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 pm. In that post, your humble blog host opined that there was a mathematical formula in which the Atlanta Thrashers could take over sixth place in the Eastern Conference. All that needed to happen was for Tampa Bay to beat Montreal and the Hurrica...

The Atlanta Thrashers will try for their first victory at Philadelphia in over four years tonight as they visit the Flyers and Wachovia Center.

It's Jan. 26, 2010. Ilya Kovalchuk is still playing for the Atlanta Thrashers, with months remaining on his...

Lightning goalie Antero Niittymaki just seems to be a little quicker, a little savvier and a little tougher to beat whenever he's facing the Atlanta Thrashers. In one of his most dazzling performances of the season,Niittymaki had 37 saves to remain unbeaten in 15 career games against Atl...

Eric Staal scored three goals in his first game since becoming Carolina's captain and the Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-2 on Thursday night for a rare road victory.

The Carolina Hurricanes will try to avoid their longest losing streak since late November when they visit the Atlanta Thrashers for tonight's Southeast Division clash at Philips Arena.

If at first you don't succeed, and then you fail again, again, again and again, you try again. That has been the story of the Atlanta Thrashers' power play lately. Thankfully for the Thrashers, they finally succeeded when it counted in Tuesday's game against the Maple Leafs. Rich Peverley's...

By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) Ok, so tell me…what is it with the Atlanta Thrashers and Buffalo Sabres having to play every game into overtime? Thursday night’s contest was …what…the eighth straight time the two have needed more than 60 minutes to decide things?

By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) As recently as New Years Eve, I held to the proposition that there was a better than even chance that Ilya Kovalchuk would re-sign with the Atlanta Thrashers…the only NHL team he has ever played for. Could Thrashers captain Ilya Kovalchuk be saluting Thrasherville good-bye in the coming d...

Four of Atlanta's six losses on its current season-worst losing streak have come by just one goal, but the club is usually on the other end of that score when facing Buffalo.

By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) For the second straight game, the Atlanta Thrashers failed to capitalize on scoring the first goal of the night and dropped yet another one-goal game. This time it was 3-2 to the Devils in New Jersey. Atlanta is also 2-8-0 in their last ten road games. Both of those wins were of the shootout vari...

Maxim Afinogenov was named the Player of the Month for November by the Atlanta Thrashers Fan Club. He was given a plaque following Saturday's morning skate. ...

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By SARAH LARIMER SUNRISE, Fla. - Rich Peverley scored the winning goal in a shootout to lift the Atlanta Thrashers to a 2-1 win over the slumping Florida Panthers on Saturday night.

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By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) In a very entertaining and fun to watch hockey game…one coach Anderson called “one of our best games of the year”…the Atlanta Thrashers made Ilya Kovalchuk’s return to the ice a successful one, beating the Rangers 5-3. The captain scored a power play goal and chipped in with an assist on Ric...

By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) A week ago the Atlanta Thrashers were coming off a very successful road trip in which they went 3-1-1, earning 7 of a possible 10 points. Waiting for them… the Washington Capitals whose 10 points led the division, just one better than the Thrashers’ nine.

By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) So, what is a fan blogger for the Atlanta Thrashers and an on-air sports personality going to chat about over grilled buffalo chicken sandwiches? Well…the …

By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) After again watching 16 other teams compete for Lord Stanley’s Cup last spring, seeing Evander Kane taken with the fourth overall selection in the draft, learning of the trades and signings that brought players such as us Pavel Kubina and Nik Antropov, observing training camp activiti...

By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) By now I’m sure you’ve already read this TSN story about a Vancouver developer named Tom Gaglardi pushing the charge to buy the Atlanta Thrashers and relocate them to Hamilton, Ontario. Of course, that’s the same place that Research In Motion CEO Jim Balsilli reportedly wants to move the...

 PA Three years ago, the Atlanta Thrashers acquired Kunitz for nothing. The Ducks had placed Kunitz — coming off a no-goal, 21-game NHL debut a year earlier — on waivers early in the 2005-06 season. The Thrashers didn't even keep him around for the ... Ice picks: Friday's best NHL bets Covers

 PA Malkin took several large strides toward claiming the Art Ross Trophy by equaling a carer-best with five points Tuesday in the Penguins' 6-2 romp against the Atlanta Thrashers tonight at Mellon Arena. The Penguins (38-26-8, 84 points) are on a 9-0-2 ...

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By Greg Wyshynski At 1 p.m. EST today, we're going to have our weekly rumors, scuttlebutt and innuendo chat this a bit of additional focus on the Pittsburgh Penguins. Questions about Therrien's job security have arisen for good reason and won't go away just because the Penguins beat the sad-sack Atlanta Thra...

By Greg Wyshynski At 1 p.m. EST today, we're going to have our weekly rumors, scuttlebutt and innuendo chat this a bit of additional focus on the Pittsburgh Penguins. Questions about Therrien's job security have arisen for good reason and won't go away just because the Penguins beat the sad-sack Atlanta Thra...

Sports Network) - The sliding Pittsburgh Penguins will try to avoid a sixth consecutive loss when they welcome the Atlanta Thrashers for this evening's ... Penguins-Rangers: Shutout Loss Extends Pittsburgh's Losing Streak ... Bleacher Report

By Greg Wyshynski • Let's say the Atlanta Thrashers do end up trading Ilya Kovalchuk for the betterment of the franchise. Bill Tiller makes a vital point: "Exactly what is it in the history of Don Waddell's dealings that makes anyone believe that he is capable of bringing in the highest yield in exchange for I...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Washington Capitals at Los Angeles Kings (10:30 p.m. EST; TV: CSN, FSW). No Alexander Semin again for the Capitals tonight. Here is your obligatory Alexander Ovechkin valentine from local media that see him visit as often as the Hale-Bopp comet. 

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Atlanta Thrashers at Detroit Red Wings (7:30 p.m. EDT; TV: SS, FSD). Playing the Red Wings makes you do wacky things, and Atlanta coach John Anderson is no exception after refusing to reveal his lineup for tonight's game after the pregame skate. While the focus is on Marian Hossa faci...

By Greg Wyshynski • Luke Schenn wasn't a stunner, as he had earned a ton of praise for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the preseason. Drew Doughty making the Los Angeles Kings, and playing with Sean O'Donnell, also made sense. But if Alex Pietrangelo sticks around with the St. Louis Blues and Zach Bogosian does t...

By Greg Wyshynski Patrik Elias (New Jersey Devils, LW, Round 6/Pick 98) Milan Lucic (Boston Bruins, LW, Round 10/Pick 170) David Perron (St. Louis Blues, LW, Round 12/Pick 206) RELEASED: Fredrik Modin (Columbus Blue Jackets, LW, Round 20/Pick 350)

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) Let a new GM come in and sell the youth movement to fans AND potential free agents. If you're the agent for Brian Campbell and Don Waddell calls you says "we want your client to be part of our young core of talent we're building in Atlanta" doesn't that player and his agent have the right to ask "w...

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) Both Anderson and Cunneyworth have had experience (and success) working with younger players. The Thrashers have a much younger roster and both their short term and long term success will turn on the speed and the extent to which their young players mature. Randy Cunneyworth and John Ande...

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) Last season Toronto finished with 83 points which ranked them 12th in the Eastern Conference or 11 points out of the playoffs. With respect to the entire NHL two clubs finished with 83 points (Phoenix and Toronto) which tied them for 23rd/24th place overall.

By The Falconer(noreply@blogger.com) Home run. I expect him in the opening night lineup as he is already in NHL condition and we need defensemen badly. Very skilled but also mean--potentially a smaller version of Chris Pronger. The Thrashers strongest decision the entire draft was simply hanging on to this pick and not trading d...

By The Falconer The truth of the matter is that the Atlanta Thrashers were unusually healthy. You will not hear GM/Coach Don Waddell tout this fact but go compare the number of games played by the Thrashers stars to some other teams around the NHL. Notice that other teams lost key heart and soul superstars li...

Update 2:59pm ET: At the Globe & Mail, Eric Duhatschek provides some analysis of the commentary in this press conference. Today, the NHL hosted a press teleconference call featuring four general managers of the NHL.  They can be heard on the audio player below, or downloaded here. Plea...

Kevin Allen was just on WDFN in Detroit....  Both the Ducks and Sharks have a real interest in Mats Sundin and Marian Hossa.  We know the Sundin situation, but according to Kevin, negotiations with Hossa and the Thrashers are not going well.  The Wings would be interested in both, but are not will...

By Bubba Loading... The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Carolina Hurricanes last night in OT, 5-4. The Hurricanes played better than they have the past couple of games, but they need to be better yet. Remember the Russian dude that this blog said they better keep an eye out for? Ilya Kovalchuk had a 4 [...]

By The Falconer You may have heard that the Atlanta Thrashers added a player in his mid-30s with declining skills to their roster this weekend. Unfortunately that's not me, that's Mark Recchi. But the good news is that I will make my first ever appearance on the ice at Philips Arena.

By chuqui Some guys, unfortunately, just can't seem to catch a break, no matter how productive they are outside of the NHL. Darren Haydar, who was just cut from the Atlanta Thrashers, is one such hard-luck player who hasn't been given his NHL shot, despite minor league dominance.

By The Falconer I've seen some people comment on the boards about how great the Rangers played. I strongly disagree. I've watched a lot of playoff hockey over the last 17 years and this Rangers squad did not dominate the Thrashers. The series was there for the taking. The Rangers played well, but not great. That...

By Jennifer PT: Scott Mellanby needs to improve his vision and his stamina, having become a late game liability. Also, Andy Sutton needs to move his feet more, he’s getting caught out of position. Hossa…well he needs to get more comfortable with the physical nature of the playoffs, and learn to thrive i...

By The Falconer Some people on the boards claimed that the NBC broadcast was pro-NY and I have to disagree. They said many glowing things about the Thrasher players and their fans. The negative things they said where just good analysis in my view. "There is confusion on the Atlanta powerplay--they need to ge...

The Atlanta Thrashers have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since coming into the NHL in 1999. And, according to coowner Bruce Levenson, the playoff berth arrived just in time.